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<glsa id="202608-07">
    <title>Exim: Multiple Vulnerabilities</title>
    <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Exim, the worst of which allows arbitrary code execution.</synopsis>
    <product type="ebuild">exim</product>
    <announced>2026-08-14</announced>
    <revised count="1">2026-08-14</revised>
    <bug>938214</bug>
    <bug>952139</bug>
    <bug>974785</bug>
    <access>local and remote</access>
    <affected>
        <package name="mail-mta/exim" auto="yes" arch="*">
            <unaffected range="ge">4.99.4</unaffected>
            <vulnerable range="lt">4.99.4</vulnerable>
        </package>
    </affected>
    <background>
        <p>Exim is a message transfer agent (MTA) designed to be a a highly configurable, drop-in replacement for sendmail.</p>
    </background>
    <description>
        <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exim. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.</p>
    </description>
    <impact type="high">
        <p>Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.</p>
    </impact>
    <workaround>
        <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
    </workaround>
    <resolution>
        <p>All Exim users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
        
        <code>
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-mta/exim-4.99.4"
        </code>
    </resolution>
    <references>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39929">CVE-2024-39929</uri>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30232">CVE-2025-30232</uri>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40684">CVE-2026-40684</uri>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40685">CVE-2026-40685</uri>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40686">CVE-2026-40686</uri>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40687">CVE-2026-40687</uri>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45185">CVE-2026-45185</uri>
    </references>
    <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2026-08-14T00:52:46.064291Z">sam</metadata>
    <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2026-08-14T00:52:46.067737Z">sam</metadata>
</glsa>